alegría

and then naked

sitting in the barber shop with men
while they whisper.
waiting
and over and over not shamed.

fussing over him as

he plumes, and

cooking for him and bathing him

as he veils mistresses in broad daylight   

and regarding

those mischievous spider monkeys

holding onto long vines of legend
and swinging through the bedroom


with ripe amusement.  laughing
as they tell dirty jokes to the dogs,
cackle and clown and
four beryl parrots fly halo around the spectacle.

volatile and obsessing,
hopeful despairing,
tussle and
flint.
seething

perfumed shivering,
soft mouth kissing 
flirt and 

seduce.
motion


this:
that exhale in crowds,
that nectar and tint.

cardinal scarlet.

whispers twist: 

she paints raw her template

of to be.